24 Amendments of Miguel URBÁN CRESPO related to 2015/2113(INI)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Member States are exclusively competent for defining their energy mix, andbut the Commission must not encroach upon this competence by passing EU laws that discriminate against certain energy resources to the advantage of otherat the same time ensure that Community legislation and the joint objectives set are complied with, in particular as regards the fight against climate change, energy efficiency and action to boost renewable energy sources;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the goal of a resilient Energy Union with an ambitious climate policy at its core is to give EU consumers – households and businesses – secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energyenvironmentally friendly energy that is affordable for all EU citizens;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas energy poverty is a growing problem in Europe and it is likely to spread further in the coming years, as a result of expected increases in energy prices and the parallel rise in income inequality and poverty in general, the lack of proper heating systems and the poor overall quality of home insulation, particularly in Mediterranean countries;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the future vision of the Energy Union must be one in which Member States recognise that they depend on each other to deliver secure energan appropriate and safe supply to their citizens, based on true solidarity and trust, and in which the Energy Union speaks with one voice in global affairs;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas EU energy and climate policies must complement each another, and their objectives must reinforce rather than undermine one another; the Energy Union should therefore complement European reindustrialisation targets, boost the transition to a low-emission economy andgeared to investment in R&D+i, and on that basis enhance the global competitiveness of the European economy, while effectively avoiding any threat of carbon leakage;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
W. whereas the European Energy Security Strategy identified 33 infrastructure projects which are essential to improve security of supply and to better connect energy markets, but these projects are not aimed at meeting the needs of those sectors of the population experiencing energy poverty;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas the International Energy Agency’s estimates that the EU is responsible for 11 % of global greenhouse gas emissions and that this proportion is set tomust decrease in the future; whereas the EU’s contribution to lowering global emissions must happen alongside that of other major emittersstill be much greater and must be designed to set an example at international level;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z
Recital Z
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes a sceptical view of the Commission communication entitled ‘A Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy’, since it fails to give priority to the major challenges facing the EU as regards meeting the unfulfilled energy needs of the high proportion of the urban and rural population affected by energy poverty, or to the urgent need to bring about an energy transition from the polluting current dependency model to one based on the use of renewable sources;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to actively pursue the diversification of supply (energy sources, suppliers and routes); to this end, calls on the Commission to promote the construction of the relevant energy infrastructure priority corridors, as specified in Annex I to the trans- European energy networks (TEN-E) regulation and Part II of the Annex I to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) regulation, such as the Southern Gas Corridor;
Amendment 436 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that the Union can and must reduce its dependency on particular suppliers and fuels by maximising its use of renewable indigenous sources of energy, including conventional and unconventional low-emission fossil fuels and renewables; considers that distributed generation systems using mini-hydro, biomass, biogas, solar energy, wind power, and geotherefore stresses that no fuel or technology contributing to energy security and climate goals should be discriminated againstmal energy serve to diversify sources and hence make for greater security of supply, more democratic control over energy production and consumption, and a lower environmental impact, and they can be managed and coordinated very well within a smart grid;
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that renewable indigenous resources, both conventional and unconventional, which have the potential to increase the EU’s energy security of supply while reducing the related environmental impact, should be fully tapped and that unnecessary regulatory burdens on the entities willing to invest in these fields must be avoided;
Amendment 479 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the effective use of existing EU funding schemes, including the European Fund for Strategic Investments, so as to support investment in the development of Europe’s renewable indigenous energy resources, based on a technology-neutral approach;
Amendment 489 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 531 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that the backbone of the future Energy Union must be a fully functioning internal energy market that delivers secure, competitive and sustainable energy to enable EU companies and consumers to access gas and electricity in the most efficient and cost-effective way possiblefairly distributed, socially and environmentally responsible and efficient energy;
Amendment 611 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that a properly designed future model of the electricity market in the EU must aim at a more market-based andgreater integration of renewable energy sources that is optimal, from the point of view of network security, integration of renewable energy sourcesupplying the entire population, paying particular attention to people affected by energy poverty in both urban and rural areas;
Amendment 749 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that following, regardless of the European Council conclusions of 23 and 24 October 2014, post-2020 EU energy-efficiency targets must be non-should be binding and notshould apply at national level so as to meet the climate change commitments and stimulate the technological development that will make it possible to ensure an effective transition to an energy model based on renewable sources;
Amendment 778 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that improvements in energy- efficiency pursued on a cost-effective basis will make a key contribution to energy security, competitiveness and the achievement of climate objectives; stresses, however, that gains in energy efficienc that these objectives are not incompatible with safeguarding the energy supply cannot replaced its diversification of energy supply, but on the contrary that they will serve to support these concerns;
Amendment 872 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Underlines the crucial role of renewables in the EU in attaining its greenhouse gas reduction targets; underlines that, in this regard, the current market design should be improved by fully integrating renewables into the market and introducing cost-reflective balancing pricesenabling renewable energy to develop its full potential in terms of meeting the electricity and energy supply needs of the population and the productive sector;
Amendment 899 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 948 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 1000 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the Commission to put forward proposals for establishing a Modernisation Fund, which should have strict criteria and guidance to ensure that funding is targeted at genuine energy modernisation projects, which would be selected based on a technology-neutral approach and on whether they are demonstrably consistentn approach geared to favouring generation based on renewable sources, in keeping with attainment of the EU’s 2030 greenhouse gas objectives;
Amendment 1063 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Calls on the Commission to intensify its research efforts regarding the better use of Europe’s indigenous resources, both conventional and unconventionalparticularly renewable resources;
Amendment 1108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47